I really appreciate your link that you gave me . I'm going to follow up on those links as this morning July 2nd Sunday. I'll be taking off pretty quick I'm going to have breakfast first . I'll try to take a picture of it because its a buffet breakfast and it is really top-notch.It is the word of mouth site of the campground which I use.
There is the information of some free campgrounds.
ハチの巣(HATINOS)
キャンプ場口コミサイト
はちのすが提供する「全国の無料キャンプ場」、または「有料ながら格安なキャンプ場！」の一覧です。コメントや新規情報も随時募集していますので、いち早く必要な情報が得られます。www.hatinosu.net
全国無料キャンプ場マップ(National free campground map)
This can show according to areas
I use it by the searches such as "a convenience store" or the "Roadside Station" "coin laundry" which are necessary for touring.
ロケスマWEB
ロケスマWEB チェーン店検索：商圏分析のための店舗データを提供
無料のチェーン店検索サービス「ロケスマWEB」のページです。飲食店やショッピング、各種サービスのチェーン店の位置を地図上に表示。PC／スマホ／タブレットですぐに利用できます。より快適に動作するアプリ版もあります。商圏分析・GISのための店舗データ販売中。www.locationsmart.org
Are you following the coastline or looking to cut across to Tokushima and then go down the East coast from there?July 2nd Sunday l leave lmabari and head south on the east side coast. It's going to rain a few days also. But that's my plan. I'm having trouble with Google maps trying to find free campsites along the east coast side if you know of any campsites that are free can you post them on here I've got Yahoo maps that I just downloaded but obviously it's in Japanese but I heard it seemed better than Google maps for Japan.
if your ride keeps you in the cities, there isn't much of any place to crash without being seen as some kind of meiwaku. Your best options are probably to post up at a michi no eki and try to stay out of the way, setting up after dark and breaking camp early.The wild camping discussion
Published by Oliver Dunskus in the Facebook group "Shikoku 88 Ohenro Pilgrimage", which he administrates:
Dear fellow Henros, the question about wild camping is strongly discussed in our group. Some people think it is ok, some people disagree. I have now asked someone whose opinion may be considered as a reference: Naoyuki Matsushita is the editor of the "Shikoku 88 Route Guide" a major authority on the Henro subject. This is what Naoyuki writes about wild camping in Shikoku, i think it leaves no open questions as he is crystal-clear:
"In Shikoku we appreciate the growing interest of foreign pilgrims in Shikoku pilgrimage. But this is bringing a new problem: if you want to camp outside the official campsites, you must obtain the approval of the land managers.
According to a survey, wild camping pilgrimage is estimated to be 5% among Japanese pilgrims, but 30% foreign pilgrimage. This disturbs the daily life of local people and creates anxiety and an insecure feeling. Some complaints have been reported to me, for example bad manners, sleeping at outside the lodging, campfire beside tent etc. In the past, with less pilgrims, this used to be a minor problem but with the recent increase it is no longer tolerable. We are concerned that this situation may lead to conflicts between locals and pilgrims. This may affect the hearts of kind people on the Shikoku pilgrimage. I am worried about it. I am in a dilemma. I want foreigners to come to Shikoku for a pilgrimage. I want to spread the spirit of Henro to the world. I want to deepen mutual understanding between foreigners and Japanese. But, I do not want wild camping to increase. I have the following requests
• Please do not camp outside the official camping areas
• Please do not camp or sleep in the rest huts
• If you stay in a Zenkonyado or a Tsuyado where sleeping is permitted, please donate 1000 Yen or 2000 Yen If you have used the futon into the offer box
• Please do not camp/sleep in the rest huts mentioned in my Route Guide"
Naoyuki Matsushita
Official campsites located near the pilgrimage route are listed in the "Shikoku Japan 88 Route Guide".
Wild camping is prohibited by law.
Yes, l will be doing the coast. Heading south east to Marine Park Niihama camping ground. I think it's a 60 km bike ride. From there on try to do some sightseeing in the 88 pilgrimage I'm going to try to see which ones I want to visit that's accessible with the bicycle.Are you following the coastline or looking to cut across to Tokushima and then go down the East coast from there?
As you may know, Shikoku is famous for the 88 temple pilgrimage, and the topic of camping is big in the foreign ohenro community. Here's what one guidebook author has to say: Where to stay on the Shikoku Pilgrimage Trail?
if your ride keeps you in the cities, there isn't much of any place to crash without being seen as some kind of meiwaku. Your best options are probably to post up at a michi no eki and try to stay out of the way, setting up after dark and breaking camp early.
The Kuroshima Seaside Park campground of the opposite bank of the Marine Park Niihama campground seems to be free.Yes, l will be doing the coast. Heading south east to Marine Park Niihama camping ground. I think it's a 60 km bike ride. From there on try to do some sightseeing in the 88 pilgrimage I'm going to try to see which ones I want to visit that's accessible with the bicycle.
This is my morning breakfast. I never had Chicago Curry that was kind of watery but spicy and delicious actually.
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Hey Frank that's pretty cool. I'll be posting up another update this morning so I don't know if you're still up or not but hopefully I'll have a whole lot of pictures to show. I'm staying put in this campground because it's going to be downpouring very shortly the skies are nice and dark with full of rain clouds so nothing much to do except for listen to The raindrops bounce upon the tent they have a canopy over here a little camping canopy I put my bicycle under it for it doesn't get too wet I might just go there and use the internet whatever keep posting.View attachment 104135 After all you have been through so far , I think you need a new avatar , LOL. If I ride my 3 wheel bike just around the block , I need a nap.
Yes that's where I end up staying last night and I be staying tonight also it's city park and it's fairly nice it's really big it has a lot of activity for children and it's it's a kid's park actually and then has a campground way up on top of the hill and it's like a 45° angle that had to push my bike up luckily had some help that's another story and I have but yeah it's I'm the only camper here but I feel pretty safe.The Kuroshima Seaside Park campground of the opposite bank of the Marine Park Niihama campground seems to be free.
Yeah I knew someone would reply to it that's why I left it up but I think everybody knew I meant my tent. So far the weather's been not really bad I mean rain is rain but it's not like well actually I have some torrential rain but I never had the face really strong winds yet I've only ran into two wins one was coming from the East to the west and the other was on the bridge but it died out for some reason pretty fast luckily it's been mostly cloudy and we had a lot of sunshine and at 3:00 in the afternoon you're so well I'm soaking wet by the time I'm done pitching my tent that's for sure I know people in Japan don't take their shirts off but I do I said that with it.hmm...
I'm going to have to take up on your suggestion I think I'm about 100 km away from tugawa and I think so I'll find out tomorrow morning when I leave. I'm really not much of a noodle person because I don't understand what they put in it you know all the options but yeah if you have any suggestions and you're reading this let me know and I definitely will ask in the restaurant what should go on it actually I just really like shrimp the last time I had it was many years ago I just had the fried shrimp on top of it deep fried shrimp that was it I believe.Please eat the Sanuki-udon of Kagawa.
As I have eaten the udon of these shops, I recommend it with confidence.香川・讃岐うどん巡り、王道コース篇｜平成レンタカー
レンタカーで行く香川・讃岐うどん巡りコース紹介。一度は訪れたい有名店、珍店、実力店をめぐります。王道コース、高松コース、西讃コース、３つのコースで計15店を食べ歩き。王道コース篇は山越、がもう、なかむら、谷川米穀店、やまうち等。www.heisei-car.jp
As the way of order of the udon is unique, please ask a local person a question.
Actually I'm still mystified how he did it I mean he was there and I was behind him and I couldn't believe it I know I took a couple water breaks and took maybe a side road temporarily but I think he knew the shortcut around to to his destination to where I met him at so it had been.So how did the guy beat you an hour down the road while walking? Did you take a lot of breaks?
Thanks. I wanted to see some temples but with my knee injury and going up. Some steep and claims I think I kind of moved my kneecap a little bit yeah I'm kind of limping a little hard right now I hope that my knee holds out it has to actually I've been through the two places that you just wrote about and I did camp at Niihama. It's not really camping season yet so basically what I'm camping I'm camping by myself but it's pretty nice and actually the weather other than the rain. Luckily the sun has been shaded by the clouds most of my journey so far which is really helped but it really does get hot at around 3:00 and that's about the time when I try to set tent up and I needless to say I have to take off my shirt which is not very customary thing to do in Japan. Okay I'll try to post some pictures here and see what happens I'm at McDonald's right now that the free Wi-Fi I'm charging my batteries so I at least want to stay here another half hour see how much my batteries can be charged. I normally don't need at McDonald's but I had a hamburger and iced coffee so maybe I hope the time in is right before I leave if you don't want talking about.I'm thoroughly enjoying this little pedal down memory lane, and I applaud you for practically live-streaming it for us.
You're going at a much more reasonable clip than me, I was hauling *** around the island trying to meet a deadline, and a day after leaving Imabari I was hustling up to Yokomineji. I have 4000 photos and a book idea from my pilgrimage in 2015 that I have yet to hammer out.
There are a few temples from the pilgrimage on the flats around Saijo and Niihama. One of the most unique ones is #61, Kouenji: Kouenji Temple, Temple No. 61 · 甲１９ Komatsucho Minamigawa, Saijo, Ehime 799-1102, Japan
Also highly recommend the sanuki udon if you make it to Kagawa, it's fantastic.
I should make it to kagawa later in the day and hopefully around 4:00 I should be in the area and then I got to start looking for a campground or some kind of shelter for tonight it's going to rain I understand so there's a campground probably another hour hour and a half 2 hours away from the border of the next prefecture.I'm thoroughly enjoying this little pedal down memory lane, and I applaud you for practically live-streaming it for us.
You're going at a much more reasonable clip than me, I was hauling *** around the island trying to meet a deadline, and a day after leaving Imabari I was hustling up to Yokomineji. I have 4000 photos and a book idea from my pilgrimage in 2015 that I have yet to hammer out.
There are a few temples from the pilgrimage on the flats around Saijo and Niihama. One of the most unique ones is #61, Kouenji: Kouenji Temple, Temple No. 61 · 甲１９ Komatsucho Minamigawa, Saijo, Ehime 799-1102, Japan
Also highly recommend the sanuki udon if you make it to Kagawa, it's fantastic.